Hinge



l. PHILLIP-S.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18, 1920.

1,380,587; Patented June 7,1921,

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. TSIDORE PHILLIPS, ,OF LOS'ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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To all w ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ismonn PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Hinge, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to devices vfor swingably connecting twomembers,'such as commonly knownas "hinges and hasps.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a device that caneasily be stamped out of sheet metal 'of thin material and still bestrong 7 Another object is to provide a device that can easily bestamped out of thin sheet metal and not requiring any assembling of twomain parts of such hinge, the applying of the two main parts to pointsof use con-- stituting the assembling.

Another object is to provide one of the main members or parts of ahinge-like device with a recess to fit over a suitable member of theopposite main part of such hingelike device, the placing of the recessedmemher over the other member when applying this device assuring a properinterconnece tion of such hinge-like device.

Another object is to dispose a bent wire or similar member into a recessin the un derside of one of the'two main members of a hinge and therebyjoining the two main members of such hinge.

Another object is to provide a bent wire or similar member of which theends nearly or practically meet or abut, such unconnected or unjoinedends to be inclosed in the recess in the underside of one of the twomain members in a hinge.

()ther objects will appear from the following description and appendedclaims as well as from the accompanying drawing, in

which Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Inidsectional view of the device on line 2-2 ofFig. 1.

The numeral 3 designates one of the two main members of the devicerolled in as indicated at 4, to bring the one end 5 of the same memberdisposed on the underside of the main portion of this member. To form aneven and smooth surface on the underside of this member, it is slightlybent, as indicated at 6, so as to bring the underside of the end 5 flushwith the underside 7 of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jimme}, L 19211,

Application filed December 18, 1920. 7 Serial No. 431,700.

the. main portion of this member. This member is provided with asuitable number of perforations, three'being indicated at 8, 9 and 10,but it will easily be understood that any other number of suchperforations or holes can be provided for screws or other similarfastening means. At least one of such perforations is provided at apoint so that the end 5 is held or secured by the samebolt, screw,rivet, or other similar securing means as is the main portion of themember at this point.

The wire or member 11 is disposed through the knuckle d, that is throughthe rolled-in portion of this member described above. In small hinges awire is naturally preferred and in larger or heavier hinges it isnaturally a roundbar. For the sake of convenience it will hereafter becalled the wire, not meaning to specify that only a wire can be used.The wire 11 is preferably disposed within the knuckle 4 so that the twoends extend out'of the knuckle. Both ends are bent as indicated at 12 toproject away from the knuckle l. By a further bend, indicated at 13, theterminations 1% and 15 come into a position practically parallel to theportion within the knuckle t. It is of course not necessary that theterminations 14 and 15 have such relation to the portion within theknuckle 4, an important point is only to bend the wire to such .anextent that the wire cannot withdraw from the position describedhereafter.

The second main member of this hinge is nothing but a single platehaving in its underside an open recess. Being only of such a form, thehinge is naturally not assembled until it is secured to some suitablearticle, as to a box and cover or door or other similar place. Thisplate is indicated at 16, and the recess is indicated as inclosing thelarger portion of the wire 11, the wire entering the plate 16 at theedge 17, as indicated at 18 and 19, and being fully covered from thesepoints on, especially the terminations 14 and 15.

When using this hinge on boxes or near the edges of two adjoiningboards, there is very often a strap 20. The plate is therefore formed toinclose or overlap such a strap so that fastening means like screws ornails can pass jointly through the plate 16 and the strap 20, the threeholes 21, 22 and 23 being illustrated in the drawing in Fig.

1 as in a position each to aline with a similar hole or perforation inthe plate and in the strap. Such arrangement is, of course, notnecessary, and, where no strap 20 is provided or wanted, the plate 16may as Well be flush all over in its underside, as Will easily beunderstood without further illustration or explanation.

A stop member 24 is disposed on top of the hinge plate 16, having atermination 25 at a point to form a stop to the swinging movement of thefirst hinge member 3 in relation to the hinge member 16. This stop canbe arranged to suit the requirements of any hinge connection to allowmore or less movement between the two hinge members, the hinge members 3and 16 can be the same and only the stop member is to be varied so thatthe termination overlaps the rolled-in portion 4 more or less to assuresuch a diiference of movement between the two main members of a hinge,as will easily be understood without further illustration orexplanation.

The edges 27 of the stop member are illustrated as spaced from the edges28 (formed by the impression in the plate 16 for inclosing the wire 11)mainly for the purpose of illustrating this device in a clear manner tomake the stop member appear distinctly within the top view in thedrawing separate from other pieces or members of the hinge or device. Inreality it is preferable to have the edges 27 of the stop member 26engage or abut against the edges or shoulders 28 of the plate 16 so asto make the plate 16 help in sustaining the stop member in properposition and not depend entirely on the fastening means disposed in theperforationsor holes 22 and 26.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a plate forming one of the hingemembers having an open impression in its underside for engaging andinclosing a connecting link of a second hinge member so as to completethe hinge when link.

2. In a hinge, one member folded upon itself forming a knuckle, a linkmember disposed through the knuckle extending aWay from the knuckle ofthe first member, and

a second member having, a recess in its underside engaging the free endof the link for firmly engagingthe link member when disposed over it.

3. In a hinge, one member folded upon itself forming a knuckle, alinkmember disposed through the knuckle extending away from the knuckleso that the free ends practically meet having bent terminationspractically parallel to the portion in the knuckle, and a second memberhavinga recess in its underside engaging the free portion of the link sothat the link cannot withdraw from the second member when the secondmember is placed over it.

4. In a hinge, one member folded upon itself forming a knuckle, a linkmember disposed through the knuckle extending away from the knuckle, arecess in its underside engaging the free end of the link, the recessbeing stamped in from the underside thereby forming another placed overthe connectinga second memberhaving recess int-he top surface, and astop member disposed in the outer recess of the second member havingmeans for engaging withinthe recess edgewise to be sustained in itsposition for controlling the swinging movement of the hinge.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. ISIDORE PHILLIPS.

Witnesses JoHN MoK. BALLOU, OTTO H. KRUEGER.

